Marielena Hincapié

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Marielena Hincapié is a Colombian-American lawyer who works for immigration rights and is the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center.[1] She moved to the United States from Colombia at the age of three[2] and received her law degree from the Northeastern University School of Law.[1] A strong critic of what she considered to be weak policies from the Obama administration,[3] she was appointed to co-chair the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force on Immigration.[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b c "The Woman Who Won't Stop Fighting for Immigrants' Rights". InStyle. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ a b "'A matter of life and death': a top immigrant advocate on the US election". the Guardian. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ Nakamura, David (2014-09-08). "White House immigration adviser Cecilia Muñoz is taking the heat for Obama". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-03-10.